In that year, the therapeutic abortion committee received 704 applications for abortions. Of those, 694 were approved and the remaining 10, initially refused, were resubmitted and approved at a later date. Thus all applications received were ultimately approved. Of those, 675 abortions were actually performed (15 women changed their minds prior to the procedure, 7 aborted at home, 4 were not pregnant, 3 were cancelled as too large and 4 were held over to 1984). Of the 704 abortions approved,

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... were approved on the basis that the criminality of the offense. Id.